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mrtsi i cnfa ijnfnivjljq standard times 5 w mm sv tsuaf wsfj summerfeldt store depicted on 83 plate history behind the plate this year the unionville festival plate illustrated by local artist sharon bright depicts the summerfeldt general store the business was opened and operated by abncr summerfeldt in cooperation with charles stiver abner had farmed for a number of years on land originally acquired by his grand father george in 1792 however in 1910 he moved to the main street of unionville liv ing above the store that he managed until 1930 abner summerfeldt was a prominent business man and political figure serving as a reeve on markham township council in 1903 and 1901 as a deputy reeve in 1917 and as a councillor numerous times be tween 1899 and 1916 he was married three times and raised several children who when needed would lend a hand in running the store jennie harrington recalls what the store was like as a child on the right side as we ivenl in was the candy counter what candies we could get childs eye view for one cent a bag of mixed candies a licorice whip a marshmallow and choco late broom on a stick allday suckers etc the groceries also were on this side on the other side were yard goods patterns thread etc at the back shoes rubbers mens overalls abner finally gave up the business in 1930 and it was subsequently managed by james ash it has since passed through many hands and still stands on the main street today as an antique store called thursdays child the unionville festival plates can be purchased during the festival at a cost of 7 each at st philips church bake table lo cated just north of jug basin antiques on main street and later at the church base ment there are still plates available from pre ceding years as well as festival mugs for 3 and quilt raffle tickets forl the quilt will be on display at ruth ingrams anti ques during the festival and the draw will take place at the post office stage at 4 pm on saturday some tips for saturday how to enjoy the festival how to enjoy the festival thats a good question well to start off where is it well it starts at hwy 7 and goes through all the way to togood pond when thats another good question the date planned for it is june 4 and 5 now that weve got that settled the main topic is how to enjoy the festival my opin ion of how to enjoy the festival is of course to first look at the parade then look at the exibits then go to the haunted house after youve been scared half to death go back to crosby community centre then if youre a good sport try your luck at the lions club dunking machine if youre hungry go to the hamburger place in front of the unionville curling club if you like clowns go back to the church where the haunted house is and beside that is a clown face place if youre going back home now go be- hind crosby and go for a balloon ride after that theres batting practice 10 5 km run helicopter rides thats the fun- nest part of all its the fun part because you can see all of unionville well thats my side of the story see you at the unionville festival jason tower grade 5 unionville ps ruth rodanz of stouffville created the handmade quilt shown here to be raffled off saturday